Hollis Frampton “Poetic Justice” Edition Of 150 1973

Poetic Justice by Hollis Frampton. Published 1973 by Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY. Softcover 13.3 x 21.3 cm unpaginated. Edition of 150. This copy is unsigned. In very good condition with some yellowing and coloring consistent with age. An excellent copy of this very rare and important book.

Poetic Justice, the second film in Framptons seven-part series Hapax Lagomena (1971–72), presents the viewer with an ordinary domestic scene: a stack of papers, a cup of coffee, and a potted cactus on a table. The sheets of paper compose a script that provides handwritten, frame-by-frame instructions for a film that unfolds only in the mind of the viewer; with the revelation of each page, the viewer is called upon to mine his or her own inventory of images. The desire to construct a linear narrative is countered by a series of spatial and temporal incongruities that collapse the distinction between filmic space and the physical realm of the viewer.